Section 6723 Of Article 2. Issuance And Renewal Of Licenses From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 4. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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. (a) The secretary shall establish the minimum license fee at
an amount not to exceed one hundred eighty dollars ($180).
(b) The secretary may fix the minimum license fee at an amount
that is less than one hundred eighty dollars ($180) and may adjust
the license fee if, after investigation and due notice, the secretary
finds that the cost of administering this division and Chapter 5
(commencing with Section 53301) of Division 18, which relate to
nursery stock, can be defrayed from revenues derived from the license
fee in combination with those sums as provided by Sections 435 and
5822.
(c) Both of the following amounts shall be added as an additional
license fee to the license fee established pursuant to subdivisions
(a) and (b):
(1) An equal sum for each branch salesyard, store, or sales
location that is owned and operated by the applicant in the state.
(2) (A) An acreage fee in an amount to be established by the
secretary for land used in the production, storage, or sale of all
nursery stock, except as provided in subparagraph (B), in excess of
one acre, which the secretary determines is necessary to carry out
this part and any portion of this code that relates to nursery stock.
The total acreage fee shall not be less than twenty-five dollars
($25) nor more than nine hundred dollars ($900) for each licensee.
The acreage fee shall be calculated using as a basis the total of the
acreage at all locations where nursery stock is produced, stored, or
sold.
(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to those licensees whose gross
income from the production of cut flowers and cut ornamentals is 75
percent or greater of the gross income of their nursery.
(d) As to all the fees, the secretary may require payment of
prorated amounts when necessary in the issuance of new licenses for
branch salesyards, stores, or sales locations to persons already
licensed pursuant to the licensing periods established in Section
6724.